Growing up in the church is probably exactly like growing up in a five-story mansion on the side of a snow-laden mountain overlooking a rainbow valley where you daily see flocks of unicorns grazing: it’s a beautiful thing, but you run the risk of over-exposure. For a while you appreciate it, then one day you wake up finding yourself unable to be moved by what’s before you. Even though my official “rebellion years” ended when I got to college, since then I’ve continued to run the risk of being overly exposed (and therefore hardened) by the beautiful truths that are constantly before me. Thanks be to God though, because I’m slowly relearning the beautiful truths behind Bible verses and Christian jargon that for a long time had been cold to my soul. In that relearning process though, I’ve found myself particularly cautious about Christian phrases that get thrown around as often as the plot to Zookeeper. This entry is about one such phrase:
“Christ is Enough”
This phrase (or the trinitarianly-appropriate equivalent “God is enough”) was my banner for a long time through college. Chris Tomlin’s ”More than Enough” was my theme song. I started reading books like John Piper’s Desiring God and Brother Lawrence’s The Practice of the Presence of God to fuel my growing conviction that finding everything I needed in Jesus would increase my joy and destroy my sin addictions. It wasn’t quite that simple though. Keep Reading...
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